Cho Na

I'll just be honest with you, let's just hope. Unfortunately being a Taiwanese actor, we may not seen him often in Chinese dramas, and if in Taiwanese dramas they may not get subbed :( I have observed Taiwanese actors/actresses don't get many chances acting in Chinese dramas unless they are very popular like Darren Wang. for example. The inland actor competition itself is very fierce and only the ones with shrewd entertainment agencies get good roles with a price to pay: the actors only got a little chunk for themselves. Sometime ago I read even top star Xiao Zhan only got a little chunk into his pocket and the huge percentage goes to his agency, but they sure promoted him impressively!

Oh I don't know how/why I missed this comment from 6 days ago, sorry. Yeah I only write the article if I like the drama/topic/actors. Honestly there are some article drafts I wrote in the past then time passes I lost interest and there is no way I force myself to continue so I deleted them. But once I claimed an article I won't let it stay claimed too long. While I'm still excited on a draft I push myself to continue writing and even set myself a due date to submit an article. So you see it seems why I wrote so many articles. Although the sacrifice is the time I allotted to watch dramas instead of writing an article lol. I hope that helps ;D
Good luck with your exam! School is your priority now ❤️

Yeeaaah (dragging myself)... I think I'll check ALP out for Xu Kai, never seen the actress in any drama before (only in Better Days movie which is very good).
I'm mesmerized with Li Qin beauty, it's like a classic one... stunning is the better word. She is one of rare actress I can just stare at her beauty and ignoring the story. Unfortunately many of them I don't like the ending. I only watched her in JoL and The Wolf.

I contacted and a kind-hearted editor changed the broken link for me. Now the trailer is good to watch again ;D. Enjoy

If I put them on hold usually I forgot the story then not motivated to watch it anymore. Usually I just FF or skip but don't make me rate those dramas high. In the contrary for great dramas, I even go to the extra mile to watch them raw till the end using Google translated recap, lol. I did it with this drama. PP only subbed 2/3 I wanted to know the end I watched raw episodes lol

One kind-hearted editor changed the trailer link for me. The one I picked it from Kukan. You can click on the trailer link now I already checked ;D

Yeah I am writing a recap article on Kikazaru Koi niwa Riyuu ga Atte right now, currently just outlining the characters and the aesthetics. The problem with doramas are the subs, many of them need downloading and some watchers don't like they have to download dramas. That's why it's difficult for me to write recaps on them as I want readers to get easy access. I haven't seen Colorful Love. Is it good?

Aaah... I dropped Girlfriend... probably because it's 'fluffy' but I think it's boring. Too bad! WHZ will be ML in the upcoming Sweet We're Both There https://mydramalist.com/691959-sweet-we-re-both-there though I have no clue what is about, and he does look serious with glasses lol

Finally that now our article has finished you got a chance to watch dramas again ;D... yeah I was actually surprised that PP subbed it quite fast. By my experience watching their works sometime ago (Chef Hua is a delightful one) the sub was quite slow, but probably only one subber and now there are two in the team. And of course the drama should be interesting to make them sub it faster. Yeah, the 16 episodes 30 minutes each is sooo rare in Chinese dramas. Now since you brought that into the attention, isn't probably become popular in China (despite of the lack of marketing) because of the (short) length? who knows... But definitely need more short but fulfilling dramas in the future. Many times I watch dramas by FF/skip 1/2 of the length they're so tropey lol

you're right... meanwhile PP has finished subbing it long time ago... so I will just put the subbed link here cos I am very satisfied with their subbing. This is from a Chinese drama watcher who has watched tons of dramas with bad subbing lol

'glorified sack' hahaha! Yeah I noticed that too, especially if the actresses are petite and they wear baggy clothes next to the tall actors who are fashionable just dressed in classic suits, SMH lol. Yeah in Kikazaru Koi niwa Riyuu ga Atte (dang this is a long title) the FL is a fashionista and a fellow MDLers posted photos of every of her fashion in drama page lol. I will bring up the fashion part in my article too. I haven't heard about Jimi ni Sugoi! Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko, so thanks for bringing it up, especially that now I see Ishihara Satomi in it. I just finished Love is Deep but not too impressed IMO

ok... I got it now. Yes a commenter up there brought this into my attention. Apparently recently Tencent picked it up from Sohu (original TV media) to release it online in Youtube. I heard the drama is popular now in China. The trailer I put in the link was by PP subber, so now Youtube took down the trailer. I wrote and submitted this article a long time ago, the subber was not even done subbing yet (only about 2/3) but I watched the rest raw since it's done airing. I will contact an editor to change the trailer link

Wow... even this drama was out of your radar ;D

Aaah... I know now! THANK YOU for bringing me to attention! ❤️ When the first time I watched this drama, Sohu is the main media as it was released by them. The drama was not popular yet. The fansubber picked it up and subbed it, so the trailer I put in is the one subbed by them. I wrote and submitted this article long time ago when the subber not even finished it yet (I watched raw). Now the drama becomes more popular in China I heard. They even think of making Season 2, though I have no clue how they will do it cos it seems by following the novel it should end here. Then the greedy Tencent took it, so now the trailer by the subber is deemed illegal by Youtube. I will contact the editor to change the link of the trailer. I have no clue how the subbing by others tho. But I still recommend you to watch it thru this subber because of the cultural and lingual explanation they provided ;D

Sorry I don't quite understand: Youtube algorithm? But this drama is not on Youtube, tho

I'm glad you like it. I am also writing a recap on Japanese drama Kikazaru Koi niwa Riyuu ga Atte. The subber is different tho

Well, I think Tencent just want their dramas to pass censorship to get their production money back, so they make safe dramas now. I haven't seen ALP but I am thinking it also uses the trope typical to xianxia: "a guy has loved a girl for thousands of years" lol. Regarding Li Qin, you mean My Dear Guardian is bad? I am thinking of watching it after finish subbing but it seems to me the same as You Are My Hero. Hopefully her future drama Tears in Heaven is different tho! It's more like makjang to me which is not many in Cdramas lately. I will definitely watch TiH but I don't want SML to die, lol. Oh, and I just checked they just changed the synopsis! Sounds more interesting, lol

I know right! Just reading their synopsis makes you yawn already... same tropes. We only watch them cos so and so is the main lead! But I think this is something to do with the Chinese government censorship, so the production companies don't dare to be creative. They just copy the stories of past dramas that passed censorship and successful, so now become trope in Chinese dramas and bored the viewers to death, lol

Yeah... 9+ hours if you have time to watch binge-watch it in one go ;D

https://blitzfansub.com/ I just checked their site, I'm happy they start subbing again! Earlier this year they announced unlimited time hiatus and I was afraid they retired like one famous Thai subber. In blitzfansub site you can also check out the list of other Japanese English subbers https://mikke.io/showlist